#996B1E#996B1E

#996B1E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.107 H 75.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996B1E
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 30)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(38, 80%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 80.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.74, 11.40, 47.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.74, 48.77, 76.48°)
OKLab	oklab(56.23% 0.0269 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(56.23% 0.107 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.6303, 17.3830, 3.6021)
Luminance	0.1738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996B1E #1E4C99

analogous

#992D1E #996B1E #89991E

triadic

#996B1E #1E996B #6B1E99

tetradic

#996B1E #1E992D #1E4C99 #991E89

square

#996B1E #1E992D #1E4C99 #991E89

split-complementary

#996B1E #1E8999 #2D1E99

monochromatic

#33230A #664714 #996B1E #CC8F28 #DDAA54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#996B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#996B1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996B1E

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996B1E	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6D10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877821

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.107 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc9560',
    500: '#996b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996b1e;
$custom-light: #bc9560;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.561,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56227,
    "c": 0.10652,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996B1E

secondary

#527BC1

accent

#7EEA3E

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F1EA

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #996B1E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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